gall mite

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noun

a mite of the family Eriophyidae that feeds on plant juices, damaging buds, leaves, and twigs and causing galls and other deformities.

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Origin of gall mite

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby gall mite

gallium arsenide, gallivant, Gällivare, galliwasp, gall midge, gall mite, gallnut, Gallo, gallock, galloglass, gallon

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How to use gall mite in a sentence

As far as I know, however, only Gall managed to find a source to verify this.
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The unmitigated gall Kennedy displays in defaming the hard work of dedicated researchers is bad enough.
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How eagerly she looks forward to pay day, for that little mite means so much at home.
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When NYC Prep premiered, it got a lot of flak for the sheer gall of its unreality.
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The pair have a wedding story for the ages: “We were married in the hospital after my emergency gall bladder removal!”
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One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
To think,” said the younger Englishwoman to her sister, “of this wee mite travelling about in an open motor!
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
There are no chains to my prison, no steel cuffs to gall the limbs, no guards to threaten and cow me.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Them's ther very words I heered him say, 'n' I wuzn't ennythin' but a mite, but I didn't furgit it.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
The itch-mite (Acarus scabiei) and the louse (Pediculus capitis, corporis, vel pubis) are the more common members of the group.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

British Dictionary definitions for gall mite

gall mite

noun

any of various plant-feeding mites of the family Phytoptidae that cause galls or blisters on buds, leaves, or fruit

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